"He also made a note that although most people envision Carrot as Arnold Schwarzenegger he is actually modeled after Liam Neeson. "
Though I really shouldn't disagree with the author of the books, Liam Neeson doesn't fit my image of Carrot. Ioan Gruffud would be more the mark, except that he's only 5'11" not 6'6" and he'd have to die his hair red for the role.